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LOWERING
Definition of LOWERING
verb
present participle and gerund of lower
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Where it comes from
c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOWERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LOWERING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LOWERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LOWERING?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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